Citation

Asare-Doku W, Osafo J, Akotia CS. BMC Public Health 2019; 19(1): e412.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s12889-019-6743-z

PMID

30991998

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Family members are key in detecting early suicide warning signs. This study compared the reasons for suicidality as reported by attempt survivors with their family folks in Ghana.

METHODS: A qualitative design was used to select a sample size of 20 (10 family members and 10 suicide attempt survivors). Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.

RESULTS: Analysis of the data showed two major themes: 1) Similar Reasons (where both families and attempt survivors consistently reported similar reasons for suicidality and 2) Different Reasons (where there were sharp divergences).

CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study help to understand the readiness of attempt survivor family members to intervene early during suicidal crisis.

Language: en

Keywords

Attempt survivors; Families; Ghana; Suicide